Four companies have received funding of €25,000 each from Dublin City Council and Enterprise Ireland to help develop smart solutions to promote cycling in Dublin.

The money being funded to the tech companies is part of the Smart Dublin Small Business Innovation Research. The various projects aim to deter bike theft, increase safety for cyclists and help journey planning.

This is the second phase of funding. Last September, five companies were selected to receive funding of up to €12,500.

The competition, which was launched by Smart Dublin last March, sought to find smart technology solutions to help improve and scale up cycling across Dublin. The challenge generated 98 expressions of interest, 23 proposals with 14 Dragons Den style pitches.

The chosen companies and their smart solutions are:
Ambie introducing BikeLook which monitors bicycle usage and deters and detects bicycle theft
Fluidedge introducing Liberty Bell, a bell that allows cyclists to record actual or perceived obstacles to aid safe cycling in Dublin
Limeforge Ltd. offers the See.Sense Tracker providing a ‘find your iphone’ like capability allowing cyclists to easily track their stolen bikes
M2C Smartcharge Ltd. introduces a tracking, logging and data harvesting system for use with bicycles in an urban area aiding the cyclist in predicting the ease of a journey, safety along the way and creating a secure parking facility and the end of the journey

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